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- GLC#
- GLC01896.157-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1860
- Author/Creator
- Archer, Edward R., fl. 1830-1917
- Title
- [Notes on a voyage to the East Indies]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 67 p. : Height: 34 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Written at sea and various ports. Full title: "Notes on a voyage to the East Indies. U. S. Steamer 'Powhatan' during the years 1857, 8, 9, & 60, Continued from Vol. 1st 29th Feby." Tan calf spine and corners, green marbled boards, rose-coloured "sponge effect" end papers. "These notes were made generally around 8 o'clock pm."
Gives detailed description of the voyage home from Asia, including stops at: Honolulu, where he met King Kamehameha IV; Mare Island California; San Francisco, California; Panama; Valparaiso, Chile; around Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro; and finally home to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Dated March 1, 1860 to 8 August 1860.
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